Alabama thread!

Just waiting on 7am

 

Yep. It’s going to take me a week or two to get use to the change. I mean I went to bed at like 7:30 last night. Lol!

 

Morning Bama! Not going to make the Windrock trip, but we'll be there for the GA Traverse one. Woot woot!

I wouldn't use anything with combustion in my tent when sleeping. Sure it's got a tilt switch and CO2 cut off switch, but I wouldn't want to trust my life to a 3 dollar part that could fail in the middle of the night when you're sleeping! I've used it to heat up the tent before bed and right when I wake up, but always cut it off when we lay down for the night.

 

Some of um have a cut off if it doesn’t detect enough oxygen, I figure mines older than that.

Yea same here good thing my wife uses her phone alarm lol.

 

Think mine does. Also, has a tip over shut off but, either way I rather be safe than sorry. Plus I want to put my new sleeping bags to the test.

 

Welcome to HSV!

 

Morning!

From AlabamaWX

COLD MORNING: Temperatures are mostly in the 30s over the northern half of the state this morning; some spots are below freezing. Some temperatures just before daybreak….

Black Creek 31
Remlap 31
Decatur 31
Arley 32
Cottondale 33
Hueytown 34
Heflin 34
Birmingham 35
Huntsville 35
Fort Payne 35
Haleyville 35
Cullman 36
Gadsden 37
Tuscaloosa 37
Anniston 38
Northport 38
Greenville 43
Montgomery 44
Mobile 47

Today will be a sunny, cool day with a high only in the upper 50s for most communities; the average high for Birmingham on November 2 is 70. Tonight will be another cold one; some some temperatures early tomorrow morning will be colder than we are seeing this morning thanks to the wind going calm. So, colder spots over the northern half of the state will see another freeze early tomorrow, with some frost as well.

A warming trend begins tomorrow afternoon; with sunshine in full supply we see a high in the mid 60s.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: The weather stays dry. Sunny pleasant days, clear cool nights. Highs generally between 71 and 75, with lows mostly in the 40s.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: There will be some increase in moisture Saturday, but we will keep the forecast dry for now. The sky will be partly sunny with a high in the mid 70s. Not much change Sunday; dry and mild with a high between 74 and 77 degrees.

NEXT WEEK: Showers could possible return to the state over the latter half of the week as a cold front approaches; too early to be specific on timing, or the amount of rain we experience. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.



TROPICS: Hurricane Eta, now with 75 mph winds will move into the coast of Nicaragua tonight. It will move slowly through Central America through Friday, and will bring potential for life threatening flooding.



We note that both major global models suggest the core of Eta could survive the journey over land this week, the emerging back over the western Caribbean this weekend. Then, there is some potential for reorganization/intensification next week near the Yucatan Channel. We can’t rule out entry into the southern Gulf in 7-10 days, but there is no skill at a specific forecast that far out. Just something to watch for now.

ON THIS DATE IN 1743: Benjamin Franklin’s “Eclipse Hurricane” unlocked the key to storm movement. The storm became know as the ‘Eclipse Hurricane’ because it struck on the night of a lunar eclipse. Benjamin Franklin was residing in Philadelphia and was set to make observations of the predicted eclipse, but the clouds from the storm interfered. Franklin observed that the winds accompanying the storm were from the northeast and assumed the storm had come from that direction and so had also interfered with lunar observations made by his brother back in Boston. He was surprised to later find that the eclipse had been visible in Boston and that the storm had struck there hours afterward. Franklin concluded the storm had moved contrary to surface winds. His observations were confirmed by another hurricane which traveled up the east coast of the Colonies in October of 1749, which Franklin was able to trace by using newspaper accounts from various cities along the storm course.

 

Not to mention a leak when your sleeping!

 

Another tip with the Buddy heater. If you can start it outside the tent, let it get warmed up, then move it inside, it keeps the smell down.

 

Thank you fellas!!! T-minus 5 days until I'm officially moved in! Its crunch time!!

 

New engineering job in HSV?

Sorry if answered previously, I don't follow this thread as much anymore.

 

Smart man, made sure his truck fits!!

My friend bought a house and his 4runner is too tall to fit into the garage and his F150 is too long, so it's just a shed now basically. hahah

 

What sort of wear did the bushings have on them? You think you got crap in there between the sleeve and bushings or something, making noise?

 

Idk had a lil play in them I really think it was more wear in the sleeve/washers on the end, not really in the bushings. These arms were used with supposedly 30-40 and I’ve probably put 30k on them since I can take pictures of the washer they had a groove wore in them. I had a clunk and play in the arms check my build for a video.

 

I see now. Yeah, never good to have any movement there!!

 

Skinny but BEEF

 

Those look awesome Preston!

 

More skinny pedal

 

Yessir on the Arsenal! Haha I hear that, I try to catch up when I have time, these Alabama folk move fast

Ooof that’s rough!! Yeah, it is TIGHT, but she fits.